Mar 11 - Kinect now works fine on VR02. To use it, first start the FAAST server and press the Connect button in the window that opens.
Then open the MiddleVR configuration and add a new VRPN tracker Tracker0@localhost with 24 trackers.
The joints are defined as in http://projects.ict.usc.edu/mxr/faast/.
If it doesn't work, try running FAAST as an administrator.
The same steps should work on VR01, as they do not rely on MS Kinect SDK and thus does not need newer versions of the OS.

Mar 18 - To use Polhemus, you should start a VRPN server ("shorcut to vrpn_server.exe or run it from
C:\Program Files\vrpn\pc_win32\server_src\vrpn_server\Debug\vrpn_server.exe). The server is already
configured to open the tracker we have in the lab and have it output the data (it can support many other trackers).
For Kinect, see the updated instructions above. The red buttons on the black box cannot be used, unfortunately.

General Information

This course introduces the basic principles of Virtual Reality and its applications. The necessary hardware
and software components of interactive 3D systems as well as human factors are discussed.
The material is reinforced by practical assignments and projects.

The scheduled lab sessions involve practical experimentation with virtual environments and will support the
development, presentation and demonstration of a comprehensive student design project. Two-hour lab sessions
will be held alternate weeks in the Virtual Reality lab.

Assignments are due at 17:00, Eastern Time (in Winter: UTC5), on the specified
day and are to be submitted electronically with the submit command in Prism
(unless specified otherwise).

Numerical scores (out of 100) are used to calculate grades.
Each piece of work will receive a numerical grade.
A final numerical grade will be obtained by weighting the individual
pieces of work and this will be converted to a letter grade as follows:

Percentage

Letter

90100

A+

8089.99

A

7579.99

B+

7074.99

B

6569.99

C+

6064.99

C

5559.99

D+

5054.99

D

4049.99

E

039.99

F

The drop date is March 15, 2013.

Course Policies

Late assignements or projects will not be accepted, unless prior
arrangement has been made with the instructor. Missed quizes are
handled in the same way. Note that exceptions to the late policy will be
made only in serious cases and if the circumstances are documentable and
beyond your control. Please see the Departmental WWW page on Academic
Policies for details regarding academic dishonesty, etc.